Famous Hotel Goes Bankrupt

With the coronavirus affecting the global economy, the famous hotel went bankrupt. The world-famous Art Hotel Spaander in the Netherlands, which is said to be severely affected by the epidemic, went bankrupt. Art Hotel Spaander in the tourist town Volendam, located near Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, announced that it was bankrupt due to the coronavirus epidemic. The hotel, which was closed on March 21 after the coronavirus epidemic started, said “We believe that it is best to close the hotel for the health of our guests and employees for now”. The North Holland Court reported that Art Hotel Spaander went bankrupt. Art Hotel Spaander was opened in 1881 by Dutch entrepreneur Leendert Spaander to be the meeting place of artists all over the world. Many artists paid their accommodation bills with the pictures they made and these pictures were hung on the walls of the hotel. The founder of the hotel, Leenders Spaander, married his 3 daughters to artists working at the hotel. Volendam, which is a small fishing village but known as a tourist town after the hotel was established in this region, has been one of the most frequented places of both tourists and world-famous names for years. Famous hotel visitors include US filmmaker Walt Disney, "First Lady" Eleanor Roosevelt, film artists Elizabeth Taylor, Kirk Douglas, composer Maurice Ravel, French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and boxer Mohammed Ali Clay. The owners have not yet made a statement about the future of the historic hotel.